Bohemian Rhapsody

I've always wanted to write a musical using only QUEEN music. This is my attempt. *I don't own any rights this is just fun*

Characters of the whole play: Blake, Duff, and Frank Ferguson are brothers. They’ve been separated by careers and lifestyles. The three of them share one loving mother, a mother that they continue to talk to.

Blake (about 18) is a young boy who is madly in love with his girlfriend. When she breaks up with him he kills himself. That is the beginning of the play. Throughout he is mentioned and seen. As the youngest the two brothers feel a deep connection with him.

Duff (about 22) is the middle brother. His homosexual and drug lifestyle has put him in New York City. There he has tried to start his music which is his life. A dream is built up inside of his head and he will do anything for it, even sell his body. Now a hustler on the New York streets he finds himself in a hopeless situation.

Frank (about 26) is the oldest and most mature of the brothers. He is the only one who is married. He is a professional bike racer (like Lance Armstrong not Travis Pastrana.) For the past few months he and his wife have been having marital issues. One night when he walks in on her cheating he goes out and does the same. That one night stand leads Frank to contracting AIDs. At the start of the play is when he is first told.

Marge Ferguson (about 56) is the mother of the three boys. A widow of many years she tries to keep the life of the boys together. They are her “Princes of the Universe.” Her whole life is centered on her boys. She was older when she first had Frank so she is much older than other mothers. Blake was the only one home for a long while and she felt the closest to him.

Angie Ferguson (about 23) she is married to Frank. She’s an upscale business woman. She works in the Hollywood scene for all the movies. She is caught having an affair with one of the producers. After the death of Blake she tries to fix things with Frank. She has no idea about Frank’s “Condition.”

Samuel “Sam” Jackson (about 20) he was Blake’s best friend. Many years before Duff moved out they were together. To keep it short it didn’t end well. Sam is very close to Marge and tries to console her through the tough loss. Sam spends most of his time at the Ferguson household, that doesn’t change after Blake dies. Sam is angry with Duff for how things ended. Duff still loves Sam, despite his recent activities.

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

ACT 1

 Scene 1: The Beginning

The curtains open to a dark stage. Three different scenes open up. They’re spread equally across the stage.

Stage left is a small doctor’s office. There’s the doctor’s bed and a cabinet. Posters about AIDs prevention are on the wall. A single man sits on the bed (Frank.) There’s a door leading to off stage Left.

Center stage is a small wall. It’s just a few dark bricks or a dark wall. One man (Duff) is sitting on the ground. A syringe lies next to him.

Stage right is a small office. A desk covered with papers and a few books surround the wooden object. One man (Blake) is in the center. His light is dimmed more than the other two and he’s in either sepia or black and white. He is writing a letter to his mother. The last letter to his mother.

Far stage right there’s a small band set up; Bass, Drummer, Rhythm Guitar, Guitar, and Piano. They stay on the stage the whole time. They are the narrators of the play. The leads of the play can interact with the band. The one who does the most is Duff. He and the Lead Guitarist get along quite well.

The band is cast just as much as the actors.

 

The lights slowly come up on the three men. When there’s a solo, the other two are singing harmonies and background.

 

DUFF, FRANK, BLAKE:

Is this the real life?

Is this just Fantasy?

Caught in a landslide,

No escape from reality.

Open your eyes,

Look up to the skies and see.

 

BLAKE:

I’m just a poor boy.

I need no sympathy.

Because I’m easy come easy go.

DUFF:

Little High

 

FRANK:

Little Low

 

ALL THREE:

Anyway the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me.

 

BLAKE:

To me.

 

FRANK:

Mama just killed a man.
Put a gun against his head
pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
Mama, life has just begun
but now I've gone and thrown it all away.

 

BLAKE:

Mama, ooh
didn’t mean to make you cry.
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.

 

FRANK:

Too late, my time has come

 

DUFF:

Sends shivers down my spine.

Body's aching all the time.

 

BLAKE:

Goodbye, everybody
I've got to go.
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

 

 

FRANK:

Mama, ooh
I don't want to die.

 

DUFF:

Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.

 

[GUITAR SOLO]

(After the guitar solo [small piano solo] a small group comes on the stage, stage left. They are a rough bunch about four guys. The only one who notices is DUFF. He becomes uncomfortable as he sees the men. He stands and starts to look for a way out.

FRANK and BLAKE are both sitting in their own situations reflecting on the outcome while this tango goes on with DUFF.)

 

DUFF:

I see a little silhouette of a man.

 

GROUP OF MEN:

[They are looking for a good time.]

Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango?

 

DUFF:

Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very, frightening me.

 

[A small group of cops come out from stage right. They notice this strange little encounter happening and start walking over to them.]

 

COPS:

Galileo

 

MEN:

Galileo

 

COPS:

Galileo

 

MEN:

Galileo

 

COPS AND MEN:

Galileo Figaro.

 

DUFF:

Magnifico.

[He tries to defend himself from the COPS and MEN]

I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me.

 

COPS AND MEN:

He's just a poor boy from a poor family.
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.

 

[The leader from the group of MEN and COPS grabs onto DUFF]

 

DUFF:

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?

 

MEN:

Bismillah! No, we will not let you go

 

COPS:

Let him go

 

MEN:

Bismillah! We will not let you go

 

COPS:
Let him go

 

MEN:
Bismillah! We will not let you go

 

DUFF:
Let me go

 

MEN:

(Will not let you go)

 

DUFF:
Let me go

 

 

MEN AND COPS:

(Will not let you go)

(Never, never, never, never)

DUFF:

Let me go, o, o, o, o

MEN AND COPS:

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

(Oh mama mia, mama mia)

 

DUFF: [fed up]

Mama Mia, let me go.

 

[DUFF realized that the COPS and MEN are both become occupied with each other instead of him. After this last line both of the leaders let go of DUFF.]

 

Beelzebub has the devil put aside for me, for me, for me!

 

 

[GUITAR SOLO]

 

(The COPS, MEN, AND BAND start to head bang leaving everyone completely out of the picture. DUFF runs off behind BLAKE’S wall. DUFF’S wall is taken out by the COPS and THE MEN and replaced with a bust station window. A woman stands in the window waiting for a new customer.

As the guitar solo is also going BLAKE and FRANK both stand up. A doctor comes in with a nurse for FRANK. FRANK also stands.

BLAKE is obviously frustrated and he starts smashing books and papers off of the desk. He gets everything off besides his one suicide letter.)

 

 

 

FRANK:

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?

[He is yelling at the doctor]

 

 

BLAKE:

So you think you can love me and leave me to die?

 

[He’s still standing yelling at the note]

 

Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby

 

DUFF:

[He runs from off stage.]

Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here!

 

[DUFF is given a ticket and again he runs off of the stage. The counter wall is then replaced with a small bus bench during the guitar solo]

 

[GUITAR SOLO]

 

(The doctor and nurse leave FRANK he sits back down, defeated. BLAKE also sits back down and continues to write the letter.)

 

ALL THREE:

Ooh Yeah!

 

BLAKE:

[He writes the words he’s singing on the paper]

Nothing really matters.
anyone can see

 

FRANK:

Nothing really matters.

 

DUFF:

Nothing really matters.

[BLAKE finishes the letter and puts it in an envelope and sets it on his desk.]

 

BLAKE:

To me…

 

[During the small piano solo BLAKE’s light is slowly shut off. The other two stay on, on their situations.]

 

ALL THREE:

[Quietly]

Any way the wind blows...

 

[The song slowly ends. At the “gong” portion of the song when it slowly dies down there’s a snap of a gun. That’s when DUFF and FRANK’s lights are slowly turned off.]

 

Author's Note

.. I might add more. This is just the first scene.. i'm just kind of playing around with it. :D

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